Hose coupling



June 20, 1933. A. 1 WALLACE HOSE COUPLING Filed May 14. 1929 @zal L UAVnUAVAVAUA l,

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kbs ATTORNEY Patented Julie 20, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Ansmann L. wmacn, oir nnoonvnf NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO NEPAL HOB] Q TUBING OO., UG., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION F NEW YOBI HOSE GOUPLIHG Application Med lay which will alord intimate electrical connection between the coupling and the metallic liner of the hose, such as is required to prevent static discharges within the hose.

A further and more detailed object is to provide a coupling including a main body portion within which the end of the hose is received, and to provide an expansible sleeve positioned interiorly of the body and hose adapted when expanded to squeeze and clamp the interposed portion of the hose between itself and the body.

A further detailed object is to provide a coupling adapted for connection with a hose having a metallic liner, a canvas cover, an a rubber iller, the coupling having a part to receive the hose and having means expansible against the metallic liner to ex and said liner and thus squeeze portions of tlie rubber iller into tighter scaling engagement with the body.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles constituting the invention; an the scope of protection contemplated willbe indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying be taken as a part of this specification, and in which I have 'shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention d nally d iiller 5, such hose drawing which is to hose 14, 1929. Serial N0. $63,031.,

Fi 1 is a side elevational view of a hose coup ing having a section of hose connected therewith, a portion of the view being shown in longitudinal section to disclose the expansible part of the coupling as it appears just prior to being expanded.

Fi 2 is a similar view illustrating the condition of the hose after the e ansible part of the coupliig has been expaziised.

.Figs 3, 4, 5, 6 an 7 are fragmentary detail views corresponding with the sectional portion of Fig. l but illustrating modified forms of dthe expansible portion of the coupling, an

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 but illustrating the expansible portion of the coupling in said figure as it appears when fully expanded.

Referring to the drawing for describ' in detail the structuresshown therein, aun considering first the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the reference character L indicates the body of the coupling. form of a hollow tubular shell externally threaded at its forward end as at 1 and intertlireaded at its rear end as at 2., the former being to provide attachment to any foreign object, and the latter being to provide threaded engagement with the exterior annular surface of the hose which is indicated generally by the reference character G.

Within the body is an expansible tubular member H.

While this coupling may be attached to hose of different types and constructions it is particularly effective when used in connection with hose having a flexible metallic liner as 3, a coarse canvas cover as 4, and a rubber being commonl used for asoline and other hy ro-carbon ue and being known as gasoline The threads 2 of the coupling are provided within a seat formed by a rearwa ly extending apron-like portion as 6 said seat being of carryin liquid i This is in the just a proper diameter to snugly receive the hose so that the outer surface of the canvas -l threads snugly along the threads 2 when the hose is being inserted into the seat. The enga ment of the threads 2 with the relatively so surface of the canvas is suliiciently ti ht so that inter-rotation as between the coupling and hose during assembly will cause the hose to move relatively into the coupling with suilicient force to bring the inner end surface of the hose rearwardl facing annular as 7 provi ed to receive it within at the inner end of l The shoulder 7 is preferably provided with an annularly extending rearwardly facin V-shaped rib 8 so positioned that it will become forcefully embedded within the rubber filler of the hose when the hose is threaded home against the shoulder.

The expansible member H is formed separately from the body and is intended to be inserted into the body by being introduced through the forward end of the body. When inserted it extends substantially throughout the length of the coupling. It is normally tapered to reduced diameter toward its rear end. At its forward end it carries an outwardly projecting annular rib as 9 which engages within an annular seat 10 at the forward end of the body so that rearward movement is positively arrested. Its smaller or rear end, which stands within the apron 6, and hence op sed to that portion of the hose which is wit in the apron, is provided with an outwardly projecting annular enlargement as 11 in position to directly engage the inner surface of the liner 3 of the hose when the expansible member is expanded.

It is particularly noted that the forward edge as 12 of the enlargement 11 is spaced rearwardly of the shoulder 7 With the expansible member H fully inserted as described, and as shown.in Fig. 1, a suitable expanding tool, of any a propriete type, not illustrated, is introduce into said mem r and is operated to expand said member from the 'position Fig. 1 to the position illustrated in Fig. 2, it being of course understood that the member H is of suitable material, such as soft brass, to enable it to be thus expanded and to enable it to remain in its expanded position after withdrawal of the tool.

By inspection of Fig. 2 it will be seen that the ex ansion of the member H has caused or s oulder the has become materially compressed, and so that the adjacent portion of the canvas cover 4, in engagement with the threads 2 of the apron, has been correspondingly forced into tighter and more secure engagement with said threads.

into tight engageement a ainst a i body L` the threads 2 of the seat. be

It is particularly noted that this compression of the rubber and canvas has naturally caused considerable portions thereof to be squeezed forwardly and forcefully crowded against the shoulder 7. 'lhe rubber has'been condensed and crowded against and about the V-shaped rib 8.

An exceedingly tight joint between the hose and the coupling is thus provided which is readily capable of preventing leakage of gasoline or the like.

he connection is also of great mechanical strength due to the fact that with the memr H expanded there is formed within the coupling an annular cavity or groove as 13 which is relatively larger than the leading to it between the apron and t e tion 11 of the expansible member, and the hose has a hardened annular end bead or head filling said cavity and relatively lar r than its portion within the passage. he relatively reduced or neck portion of the hose within the passage is also tightly gripped between the apron and the expansible member, and a ortion of the metallic liner extends forward y beyond the neck and constitutes a part of the bead or head of the hose within the enlarged cavity 13.

It will be understood of course that the apron 6 is of such proportions as to withstand, without distortion, all of the pressures referred to, and it ma be mentioned here that experiments with tli'is coupling and hose have demonstrated conclusivel that the mechanical strength of connection between the coupling and the hose is so great that the body of the hose itself will invariably pull apart without in the least disturbing the connection when strain is applied.

In extreme instances the hose, if desired, may have its end portion dipped into liquid shellac or other suitable cementitious material just prior to insertion of the hose within the coupling. This material will seal any possible crevices and is particulary serviceable in guarding the rubber against attack from the gasoline.

In the modification Fig. 3 the structure is the same as above described except that the expansible member employed, designated by the reference character 14, is shorter than the expansible member shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It is of simple cylindrical, non-tapered, form, and its outstanding rib 15, corresponding with rib 9, is adapted to engage within a seat 16 of the bod corresponding with seat 10. The engagement of the rib within the seat in this case however is not effected until the expansible member is expanded. The operation of expanding said member for squeezing against the hose will at the same time move the rib into the seat so that final result is substantially the same as already set forth.

The modification Fig. 4 is the same in all l into the body of respects as the structure Figs. 1 and 2 except that it sug este that the expansible member if desire( be made shorter and be threaded into the bod L, as indicated at 16.

The modification Iig. 5 suggests that if desired the ex ansible member may be formed to inclu e the shoulder 7 and rib 8, also that it may in this event be threaded the coupling by means of the threads 2. 1 y

The modification Fig. 6 suggests that if desired the expansible ortion, here desi nated by the reference c laracter 17, may formed as an integral part of the main body.

The modification Figs. 7 and 8 is similar to the. arrangement shown in Fig). 3, except that in Fi n 7 and 8 the ex mnsi le member is normal y of uniform t ickness and is adapted itself to be not only expanded bodily but` to be especially expanded in certain localities `so as 4to provide one or more ribs as 18-1-18 to engage within rooves 19-19 of the body and a further rib 2O for pressing against the hose in the manner as described for the enlargement 11 of the previous figures.

In all cases the expansible member constitutes a metalliobridge between the metallic liner of the hose and the body of the conpling,` in good electrical contact with both, so thata pro er electrical conductor is provided throng out the hose and coupling to any tank or other ob'ect to which the forward end of the coup ing may be connected. The probability of static discharge within v the hose is overcome by this means.

Both the mechanical and-electrical engagement between the metallic Aliner of the hose and the expansible member H is materially improved by reason of theinclined or sp1- ralled relation of the ridges on the inner sur-- face of the liner 3 with respect to the annular non-s iralled vcharacter of the enlargement or rib 11, or 20. l

The methl d of' assembling the hose and coupling sleeve au rib which was. not there before. By the same act it forms in -thek metallic lining anann'ular groove which was not there before. And it provides these features in such a manner that the rib has a perfect tit within the groove and a hi hly' iicient surface contact `with the walls-Lof the groove ail'ording both an excellent contact between the liner and the sleeve,.and atthesametimeit insurcs a s Vueen'irg o'r crtiwding action of the rnb y the liner toward the shoulder 'atthe inner end of the hose seat..V e" y f i As rri'any changes couldbe gnade in -ithis construction" without departing from the scop of theinvention as defined inthe fol* lowiiigiclaims.. it is intended thatallmatter conta'ned in the above description; orshown in the accompanying drawing, shall be in- Figs? 7 and 8, provides upon the .extending into the hose,

' r [il er. along the VAo u'tersurface ofr terpreted as' illustrative only and not in a limitin sense.

Having thus described I claim as new and desire Patent is 1. A hose couplin eomlprsing abod hav ing a seat thereln aga te to receive t e end portion of a piece o hose, said seat being threaded to engage the hose for moving the hose relatively into the seat by. inter-rotation as between the body and the ose, said body having anv annular shoulder therein constitutingthe inner end of said seat ada ted to be engaged bythe end surface of t e hose to limit inward movement of the hose, said seat' having an annular rib thereon to be engaged by the hose, the hose consisting of a metallic liner, a canvas cover, and a rubber filler, said rib being positioned to be engaged by the end 'edge of the rubber filler, and -an expansble tubular member arranged within the body andsecured thereto ada ted when expanded to engage the inner sur? metallic liner adjacent said shoulder for expanding said liner and thereby squeezing the my invention, what rubber filler into more intimate engagement with said rib.

2. A hose coupling com rising a body having a seat therein adapte to receive the end ace of the to securaby Letters portionrof a piece of hose formed of com- 06 tubular membe posed `for compressing the material of the hose to thereby -clamp the hose between itself and the wall ofthe seat.

3. A hose coupling comprising a body having a seat 'therein adapted to receive the end portion of a piece of hose and having an annular groove therein spaced from said seat, the seat having a shoulder at its inner endto be engaged by the end surface of the hose, and a separately formed tubular member of expansible material arranged within the body said hose being of compressible material and saidtubular member being expanded to provide one annular rib thereon engaging within the groove of the body anda Second annular rib thereon for engaging the hose ata point spacedfro'm the shoulder to compress the material of the hose upon the hose between the second rib and the shoulder.

4. In combination, a hose and a coupling therefor, the hose comprising a tubular member of flexible elastic rubber and havin a tubular metallic liner therein formed wit ro- ]'ections intimately enga-ged with the rubber so that the liner is immovable longitudinally of the rubber, tlie coupling comprising a body member havin a seat therein to receive the end portion o the hose and having a shoulder at the inner end of said seat to limit movement of the hose into the seat and said couplin including a separately formed tubular mem r of expansible material interiorly thereof having one part arranged interiorly of the metal hose liner having an annular rib thereon engagn said liner, said liner being expansible and ing expanded by pressure from said rib to thereby form an annular l groove interiorly of the liner into which the rib rojects thus at once forcing the exterior sur ace of the hose radially outwardly against the annular wall of said seat and providing interlocking connection between the liner and said tubular member to hold said liner and tubular member against relative longitudinal movement, and said tubular member having another portion extending beyond the end of the hose and connected with the body so as to be held against movement throng the body toward the hose.

5. In combination, a 'iose and a coupling therefor, the hose comprising a tubular member of flexible 'elastic rubber and havin a tubular metallic liner therein formed wit projections intimately engaged with the rubber so that the liner is immovable longitudinally of the rubber, the coupling comprising a body member having a seat therein to receive the end portion of the hose'and having a shoulder at the inner end of said seat to limit movement of the hose into the seat, and said cou-4 pling including an interior tubular part connected at one end by the body so as to be immovable longitudinally of the body, said tubular part projecting interiorly of the metallic hose liner and having an annular rib thereon engaging said liner, said liner being expansible and being expanded by pressure from said rib to thereby form an annular groove interiorly of tlenliner into which the rib projects thus at once forcing the hose radially outwardlya inst the annular wall of said seat and providing an interlocking connection between the liner and the tubular member to hold said liner and tubular member against relative longitudinal movement.y

6. A hose coupling comprising a body member having an annular seat formed therein adapted to receive an end rtion of a piece of hose and being of re atively fixesk diameter, and a separate cylindrical member fitted into the body having engagement therewith of a character to prevent movement of the member with respect to the body tudinally in both directions, said cyhndrical member hav' an expansible cylindrical portion extending away from its point of connection with the bodyand adapted to project into the hose within the seat said cylindrical portion having an annu ar art of itself s aced away from the end of t e hose expan ed outwardly while standing in contact with the inner surface of the hose thereby forming an annular recess interiorly of the material of the hose and clamping the exterior surface of the hose against the wall of said seat, and said annular part of said cylindrical portion being of material expanded in the formation of said recess and thereby fitting intimately thereto.

7. In combination, a hose and a cou ling therefor, the hose coupling comprising a ody having a seat therein adapted to receive the end portion of a piece of hose extending thereinto, said body having an annular shoulder therein constituting the inner end of said seat adapted to be engaged by the end surface of the hose to limit inward movement of the hose, the hose having a metallic liner and a rubber cover, and an expansible tubular member having a portion arranged within the body secured thereto holding the tubular member against movement toward the hose, said tubular member having another portion projecting from the body into the end of the hose within the seat and being expanded to form a rib thereon engaging the inner surface of the metallic liner in spaced proximity to said shoulder thereby expanding the portion of the liner overlying said rib `and squeezing the rubber filler into more intimate engagement with said shoulder.

8. In combination, a hose and a coupling therefor, the hose comprising a tubular member of flexible elastic material having a tubular metallic liner therein, the outer surface of the liner being formed with a spirally extending ridge engaged by the overlying portion of the hose effective to revent longitudinal movement of the liner with respect to the remainder of the hose, the inner surface of the liner being also formed with a spirally'extending ridge, the coupling comprising a body member having a seat therein to receive the end portion of the hose and having a shoulder at the inner end of the seat to limit movement of the hose into the seat, and said coupling including an interior tubular metallic part connected with the body at a point inwardly beyond the seat in a manner effective to prevent movement of the tubular part with respect to the body longiin a direction toward the hose, said tubular part projecting into the hose liner and having an annular non-Spiral rib thereon engag- 1`n the liner, said liner, including the spira ridges thereof, being ex ansible and being expanded by pressure rom said rib to thereby form an annular non-spiral goove interiorly of the liner into which the r1 rojects thus at once forcing the hose ra ially outwardly against the annular wall of the seat and providin an interlocking connection and an electrlcally efficient metallic Contact between the inner spiral ridge of the liner and the non-spiral rib of the tubular part effective to prevent longitudinal movement of the liner with respect to the tubular part in a direction outwardly away from the point of connection between the tubular part and the body.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

ARCHIBALD L. WALLACE.

DISCLAIMER 1,915,041.-Arch'ibald L. Wallace, Brooklyn N Y Hoen CoUPL P dated June 2o, 1933. Disclaim ed M ING' -mnt Metal Hose Tubing 00. Im. Y 1' arch 30, 1939, by the asslgnee,

Hereb disclaims claims 2, 3, and 6 of the a'fore aid Lett [einem: Gazette April as, 1939.1. s ers Patent' thereby form an annular non-spiral goove interiorly of the liner into which the r1 rojects thus at once forcing the hose ra ially outwardly against the annular wall of the seat and providin an interlocking connection and an electrlcally efficient metallic Contact between the inner spiral ridge of the liner and the non-spiral rib of the tubular part effective to prevent longitudinal movement of the liner with respect to the tubular part in a direction outwardly away from the point of connection between the tubular part and the body.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

ARCHIBALD L. WALLACE.

DISCLAIMER 1,915,041.-Arch'ibald L. Wallace, Brooklyn N Y Hoen CoUPL P dated June 2o, 1933. Disclaim ed M ING' -mnt Metal Hose Tubing 00. Im. Y 1' arch 30, 1939, by the asslgnee,

Hereb disclaims claims 2, 3, and 6 of the a'fore aid Lett [einem: Gazette April as, 1939.1. s ers Patent' 

